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DAVIS & MOORE
Inequality is a ‘universal
necessity’ in all societies
Functionally important roles
attract the highest rewards due
to the sacrifices made for
education
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
GCSEFunctionalist
perspective Method :
secondary data
DEVINE
Affluent workers revisited
Found evidence of rising living
standards but many continued to
resent the privileges of inherited
wealth
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
GCSEMethod : unstructured
interviews
MARX
Capitalism – the bourgeoisie control
means of production
Political power comes from economic
power
Ideology allows for exploitation
Polarisation of social classes
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
GCSEMarxist perspective
Method : other
sociologists work
MURRAY
Underclass emerged due to
government policy
Benefits meant people lost
interest in getting jobs
Loss of traditional values
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE
New Right
perspective Method : other
sociologists work
TOWNSEND
Relative deprivation index
Ways of defining poverty:
1. State’s standard (official
statistics)
2. Relative income standard
3. Relative deprivation
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE
Method : questionnaires –
6000 participants
WALBY
Patriarchal structures:
1. Household
2. Paid work
3. The state
4. Male violence
5. Sexuality
6. Cultural institutions
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE
Feminist
perspective Method : other
sociologists work
WEBER
Market situations and life chances
Expansion of the middle class
Sources of power: traditional, legal rational,
charismatic
Social closure
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE
Interactionist
perspective Method :
secondary data